The Independent Crossword December 19 2025 Answers
Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 19 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 55 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Great guy from East needs minute inside shopsEMPORIA7Across1
InheritorHEIR4Across1
Thus, in printingSIC3Across3
Punk's green hair pushed backRUFFIAN7Across5
IllUNWELL6Across7
BesetASSAIL6Across8
English invested in wine initially stored in vesselsVEINS5Across9
RemainingLEFT4Across9
Pamper uncle with a ruptured spleenPETULANCE9Across10
LawbreakerCRIMINAL8Across10
Withdrawn journalist clutching pamphletSUBTRACTED10Across11
Casual relationshipDALLIANCE9Across11
And others towards the end returnedETAL4Across12
24 6 19 16 for 2?THETHIRDMAN11Across14
RestfulRELAXING8Across16
Old PM with Larry say devouring old gull hearts regardlessCOMEWHATMAY11Across18
AmphibianTOAD4Across19
HeavenlyDIVINE6Across20
MisprintsERRATA6Across21
Scandinavians not loud boozersINNS4Across21
ColourantDYE3Across22
Review ultra-harsh for final performanceLASTHURRAH10Across22
RipTEAR4Across23
Drink to Scots having arrived unexpectedlyTABLEWINE9Across25
Elland Road team tops league did you say?LEEDS5Across26
Prepare without finishing study in ChinaDRESDEN7Across27
Teetotaller in bank finally gets gigglesTITTERS7Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HamperHINDER6Down1
Hard to follow The King's SpeechELVISH6Down1
Agent X after stuff on radioPHILBY6Down2
Disinclination to moveINERTIA7Down2
Rotten Row recreated outside small place like Margate?RESORTTOWN10Down3
Japanese foodSUSHI5Down3
Snake one caught in savoury jellyASPIC5Down4
CulminationCLIMAX6Down4
Rook — different meat in northern townROTHERHAM9Down5
Group of countriesBLOC4Down5
Skin flickFILM4Down6
SpittleSALIVA6Down6
Is it pub-o'clock before you know it?INNOTIME8Down7
Irritating being short of Liberal donsNEEDLING8Down8
Hang aroundLOITER6Down12
CliqueCOTERIE7Down13
Hairstyle associated with old school member?GREYMULLET10Down13
In arrearsBEHIND6Down14
Deposit on teethTARTAR6Down15
Male in each community coming outEMANATION9Down15
Like some speeches in part Sweeney's source yelled about?SCRIPTED8Down16
Flexible girl taking walk outsideAMENABLE8Down17
NimbleAGILE5Down17
Clarified butterGHEE4Down18
Emerald Isle's ultimate writerGREENE6Down19
Article One's written about singular subjectTHESIS6Down20
Flower Romeo dropped into Spanish wineTRENT5Down23
Ancient arrow point bloodied all aroundREED4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 19, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.